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Hildegard of Bingen: Scientist, Composer, Healer, and Saint

Hildegard of Bingen: Scientist, Composer, Healer, and Saint - Hardcover

by Demi
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Availability:In StockContributor:DemiAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2019-04-07Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wisdom TalesISBN-13:9781937786779ISBN-10:1937786773UPC:9781937786779Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Religious, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Topic:Christian, Religious, MedievalSize:10.20 x 8.80 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCC8CXNQ9J

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable and influential women of her time. Blessed with an astonishing array of talents, she was at once a mystic, theologian, scientist, doctor, nutritionist, composer, writer, linguist, and artist. Born to a noble family in Mainz, Germany, Hildegard entered a Benedictine monastery and went on to become abbess of a thriving community near Bingen. From a young age she received extraordinary "lights" or visions of Heaven, which she described in a book called Know the Ways (of God). Hildegard's collection of imaginative music and poetry includes seventy-seven songs for the liturgical year and a morality play, making her the most prolific composer of early music in Europe. Her pioneering scientific work formed the basis for the study of natural history in Germany, while her holistic medical studies helped to provide cures for numerous diseases. Hildegard was also the author of a cookbook recommending nutritional "foods of joy" and she even invented a new language! Such was Hildegard's fame and influence that bishops, popes, and kings, as well as humble peasants, sought out her wise counsel. Today, Hildegard of Bingen is recognized as a saint and doctor by the Catholic Church and is also revered by many Lutherans and other Protestants. Find out more about her life in this beautifully illustrated book by award-winning author, Demi.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Wisdom TalesISBN-13:9781937786779ISBN-10:1937786773UPC:9781937786779Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Religious, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Topic:Christian, Religious, MedievalSize:10.20 x 8.80 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCC8CXNQ9J

Demi is the award-winning author of over 130 bestselling children's books, including Jesus, Mary, Saint Francis of Assisi, Gifts of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Talking to God. Her titles have sold over half a million copies. The Empty Pot was selected by former First Lady Barbara Bush as one of the books to be read on the ABC Radio Network Program Mrs. Bush's Story Time, sponsored by the Children's Literacy Initiative. Demi's book Gandhi was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and received an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award. In addition, she represented the United States at the First International Children's Book Conference in Beijing, China. She lives with her husband in Yarrow Point, WA.


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